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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Patty_HearstPatty Hearst - Wikipedia

    Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954) [1] is the granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. She first became known for the events following her 1974 kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army. She was found and arrested 19 months after being abducted, by which time she was a fugitive wanted for serious ...

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  2. Feb 4, 2024 · FILE- Patricia “Patty” Hearst smiles at a press conference in San Francisco, Nov. 19, 1976. The newspaper heiress was kidnapped at gunpoint on Feb. 4, 1974, by the Symbionese Liberation Army, a little-known armed revolutionary group. The 19-year-old college student’s infamous abduction in Berkeley, Cali., led to Hearst joining forces with ...

  3. Mar 12, 2024 · Patty Hearst (born February 20, 1954, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is an heiress of the William Randolph Hearst newspaper empire who was kidnapped in 1974 by leftist radicals called the Symbionese Liberation Army, whom she under duress joined in robbery and extortion. Patricia Hearst posing in front of the Symbionese Liberation Army emblem.

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  4. www.fbi.gov › history › famous-casesPatty Hearst — FBI

    Learn how the FBI pursued and captured Patty Hearst, the granddaughter of a newspaper magnate, who was kidnapped by a radical group and turned into a bank robber. Explore the case records, podcast, artifact, and ransom note related to the sensational crime.

  5. Aug 1, 2016 · How the abduction of newspaper heiress Patricia "Patty" Hearst in 1974 by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) made her a symbol of the 1970s counterculture and a poster-girl for the SLA's radical cause. Learn about the kidnapping, the trial, the myths and the legacy of this iconic case from a new book by Jeffrey Toobin.

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  7. Apr 2, 2014 · Patty Hearst is the granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst, the famous 19th-century media mogul and founder of the Hearst media empire. She was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974 and spent 19 months with them, joining them in criminal acts. She was captured by the FBI in 1975 and sentenced to 35 years in prison, but released early in 1979 after President Carter commuted her sentence.

  8. Feb 4, 2024 · An unsmiling Patty Hearst is seated in a U.S. Marshal's car, leaving the San Mateo County jail in Redwood City, Calif., on Dec. 12, 1975, on her way to San Francisco for an appearance in federal ...

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